Our launch event continues today with the ELLIS Institute Scientific Seminar at @aalto.fi! We'll introduce many of our new faculty, hear some engaging keynotes, and talk about how to bring new fundamentals of machine learning into reality.
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Finland's PM Petteri Orpo cuts the ribbon to open ELLIS Institute Finland along with @samikaski.bsky.social, @serge.belongie.com, Peter Sarlin, Bernhard Schölkopf. An inspiring morning of discussion on the future of AI research and collaboration in Europe, powered by @ellis.eu and partners 💪

The AI Summit is today! We look forward to celebrating the opening of ELLIS Institute Finland and hearing from stellar speakers in AI research, business and government. Tune in to the livestream areena.yle.fi/1-76514739 starting at 10:00 EET. Check out the program here: aisummit.fi
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Foundation models for healthcare: introducing Jiancheng Yang, one of our 9 new principal investigators and assistant professor at @aalto.fi. Yang develops models that can reproduce medical observations and improve clinical decision-making.
Read more: www.ellisinstitute.fi/meet-our-new...
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A rap lyric generator led him to study large language models at Google DeepMind; now he'll look at LLMs for social sciences and humanities. Introducing @ericmalmi.bsky.social, new faculty & adjunct professor at @aalto.fi.

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Developing #artificialintelligence that is trustworthy, efficient, and fair, even in unpredictable and changing environments: introducing Qi Chen, one of our 9 new principal investigators and assistant professor at @aalto.fi.

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Making #machinelearning outcomes stable in the face of strange inputs or malicious attacks: introducing Francesco Croce, one of our 9 new principal investigators & assistant professor at @aalto.fi.

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Computational methods in medicine & materials: introducing Mikko Karttunen, one of our 9 new principal investigators & prof at @uniuef.bsky.social.
"AI is a bigger change than the arrival of the internet. Its development must be interdisciplinary"
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Doctoral education pilots and ELLIS Institute Finland awarded the Aalto University Research Impact Award: www.aalto.fi/en/news/aalt...

Institute director @samikaski.bsky.social was on stage yesterday to receive the award.

Thank you for this recognition from the @aalto.fi community 💐

Welcome new principal investigators! 9 leading scholars and rising stars in AI & machine learning are joining ELLIS Institute Finland, part of the @ellis.eu network. Read more about our new professors:
➡️ www.ellisinstitute.fi/PIs-2025

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Thanks to supporters who joined, including our 13 university partners👇 , @aalto.fi President Ilkka Niemelä, Peter Sarlin, @okm.fi Minister of Science & Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie and colleagues from @csc.fi

World-changing ideas can start from a blackboard. The ELLIS Institute Finland blackboard was revealed at the pre-launch, as a nod to the @ellis.eu logo and as a symbol of how we are bringing New Fundamentals of machine learning from the drawing board towards transformative applications.

New Fundamentals…for innovation, collaboration, scientific discovery & more. At our pre-launch event on May 21, @samikaski.bsky.social outlined the ELLIS Institute mission to fundamentally re-work AI and ML to transform R&D, enhance human-AI teamwork & create exciting new science. 👇🧵

The ELLIS Institute is at the interface of academic research and entrepreneurship -- "where you feel you can make an impact", says Vikas Garg, a member of @ellis.eu and @csaalto.bsky.social. Read more and apply for a Principal Investigator position by March 9:
www.ellisinstitute.fi/where-you-fe...

Interested in a Principal Investigator position in AI and machine learning in Finland? Meet our existing ELLIS ( @ellis.eu ) community, your new colleagues: bsky.app/profile/did:...
And apply for our co-affiliated PI/professorships by March 9!
www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit
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ELLIS Institute Finland is hiring Principal Investigators in AI + machine learning. World-class resources for research incl. LUMI supercomputer, generous starting package & professorship affiliation with a university in the world’s happiest country! Apply by March 9: ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit